Papillomaviruses have proved to be the most complex group of human pathogenic viruses.
Eighty‐five genotypes have been fully characterized; approximately 120 additional isolates …

The human papillomaviruses (HPVS) are small DNA tumor viruses that infect epithelial cells
and induce proliferative lesions. Substantial epidemiologic data along with in vitro and in …

The papillomavirus family represents a remarkably heterogeneous group of viruses. At
present, 77 distinct genotypes have been identified in humans and partial sequences have …

During the past 20 years, several types of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have been
identified that cause specific types of cancers. The etiology of cancer of the cervix has been …

Cervical and other anogenital cancers are initiated by infection with one of a small group of
human papillomaviruses (HPV). Virus-like particle-based vaccines have recently been …

Approximately 35 years ago a role of human papillomaviruses (HPV) in cervical cancer has
been postulated. Today it is well established that this very heterogeneous virus family …

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infectious agent; its
14 oncogenic types are causally associated with 5–10% of all cancers. The major structural …

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Publisher Summary This chapter discusses evidence for the involvement of human
papillomaviruses (HPVs) in squamous-cell carcinomas. Progress in developing an …

Papillomaviruses have evolved over many millions of years to propagate themselves at
specific epithelial niches in a range of different host species. This has led to the great …